diff --git a/test/jdk/build/AbsPathsInImage.java b/test/jdk/build/AbsPathsInImage.java
index 64a2239844f..a47ee781f2e 100644
--- a/test/jdk/build/AbsPathsInImage.java
+++ b/test/jdk/build/AbsPathsInImage.java
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ private List<String> scanBytes(byte[] data, List<byte[]> searchPatterns) {
             for (byte[] searchPattern : searchPatterns) {
                 boolean found = true;
                 for (int j = 0; j < searchPattern.length; j++) {
-                    if ((i + j > data.length || data[i + j] != searchPattern[j])) {
+                    if ((i + j >= data.length || data[i + j] != searchPattern[j])) {
                         found = false;
                         break;
                     }